Burial-case



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G. NIERSTHEIMER.

BURIAL CASE.

Patented Dec. 25, 1883.

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Unirse STATES Partnr @trice GEORGE NIERSTHEIMER, OF NEVPORT, KENTCKY.

" v:Qrmcrrrcerion forming part of Leners Patent No. 290,996, datedDecember g5, 188e. i Application filed Ifebluary24, 1F81.r (Model.)

To all whom t may concern: Y f

Be itknown that I, GEORGE NIERSTHEIMER, of Newport, Campbell county,Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Burial-Cases, ofwhich the following is a specification,

those burial cases or caskets 7 which are composed chietly of zinc or ofgalvanized (zincplated) sheet-iron in association with other metals andwith wood, rubber, &c., and have for their purpose an increase ofstrength and of hermetical qualities, with economy of space, weight, andmaterial and capacity for expeditious closure.

My improvement consists, iirst, in forming the upper ends of theribslwith L portions, forming shoulders for supporting the rim or core,and having sockets for the tongues of the' resents, partly by end viewand partly by transverse section, a composite burial-case em- Fig. 2represents portions ot' such a case partly by side elevation and partlyby longitudinal section.

'When sheet metal77 is spoken of in this specification either sheet-zincor zinc-plated sheet-iron is, by preference, indicated; but other formsof sheet-iron, or even other sheet metal, -may be considered asincluded.

, The bottom A and sides and ends B B or body-plates and the mainportions C of the lid are of sheet metal. The bottomAha-s a strongupturned flange, a, which receives the lower edge, b, of thebody-plates, and is soldered iirmly thereto. rlhis iiange also serves asan ornamental molding or plinth.

D are longitudinal. ribs or stitfening-pieces,

which may be ot' cast-iron. Halved to said longitudinal ribs aretransverse ribs D, of the same metal. Countersunk screw-bolts Eserveboth to fasten together the ribs D and D', and to attach both tothebottom A. Projecting A from both longitudinal and transverse ribs are Myinvention relates to improvements in lugs F, which are pierced for boltsG, that serve the double purpose of Vattaching to the bodyplates B Bboth the said ribs and the handles H, whose collar-plates or scutcheonsI coact with said lugs to brace and stien the bodyA My body-rim isinteriorly of wood J, that constitutes a core or filling, and is incasedin sheet metal, K, whose edges k k and the upper edge, b', of thebodyplates B B are driven forcibly into a groove or kerf, j, formed inthe lower side of the said core. The ribs D D are perforated near theirtops forbolts or screws Z, which are driven into the body-rim throughthe L portions L at top of the ribs. The said ribs D D are alsosocketed, d, at top, for the tongues or lower extremities, on., of ribsM, that are employed to brace and stiffen the lid. Said tongues serve asguiding-dowels in accurately and expeditiously closing the lid. The saidmetallic casing of the body-rim is prolonged upward to formconfining-lips N N for rubber gasket O, and a coniining-lip, P, for thearras or liningcloth Q, of any material, whose upper edge, having beeninserted within said lip, is tightly secured therein by the Solderedoutside ot' the mainportion C of 85 the lid is a sheathing, R, that,besides serving to stiffen the lid, imparts also any desired ornamentalconfigura-tion or iinish to its eX- terior.

Inclosed between. theiparts C and R is a wooden filling, S, and saidparts C and R at their upper edges also serve to holdthe glass windowsT. To the upper edge of Ris attached the top plate, U, and panel V.

Bolts W, that pass from within thebody vertically upward through the rimJ K O, correspond with oriiices c in the lid, through which they projectsufficiently to receive nuts X, by which the lid is fastened to thebody; lA V edge, Y, that projects downward from the lidplate C entirelyaround its circuit, presses on the gasket O, when the nuts X have beenIOO screwed heine, with sut'lieent i'oree so as to herinetieally elosethe ease.

I ani aware that it has been proposed to partially incase the woodenriin of burial-eases with sheet instal; but the wood in sueh ar-1angenients,heing liable to shrink and swell with the great hygronietriechanges to which such structures are suhieet, is liable to distort thel`orlnol` the margin, and permit the esea'pe ot inephitie gases.

I am also aware that special provisions of various forms exist forholding` the rubber or other luting, and other provisions for holdingthe upper edges ot' the lining, and also that burial-eases have beenconstructed in which the lower edges of the body-plates have beenreeeived within the upturned flange of the h'ottoni plate, and Itherefore make no elaiin to sneh, separately considered.

l e'laim as new and of my inventionl. The Combination of Cottin-body A BB', longitudinal and transverse ribs D D', having i L portions L attheir upper ends, each formed with a socket, d, and arim consisting; ot'eore .T and easing K, as set forth.

The body-rim consisting of eore or filling J, having groove or keri" j,and easing K, l1aving` upturned edges k 7s in said groove, inConibination with the body A B B, having upper edges, I), entering thegroove between the edges of the easing, as set forth.

il. The Cottin-lid consisting of niaiu portion C, ribs M, having tonguesmi, sheathing R, ill ving'S, and window-frame, as set forth.

In testimony ot' which invention I hfrennio set my hand. Y

GEORGE XIERS'ITI'IETMER.

\ttCSt2 GEO. I-I. KNIGHT, Sluit. S. CARPENTER.

